Ongoing transmission of human onchocerciasis in the district of Mont Ngafula 1 in Kinshasa after two decades of uninterrupted onchocerciasis annual mass campaigns using community directed treatment with Ivermectin strategy.

2023-05-11 infectious diseases Title + abstract only

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BackgroundThe district of Mont Ngafula I in Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been treating for onchocerciasis over the last two decades using community directed treatment with ivermectin strategy (CDTI). This study aimed to determine the transmission of onchocerciasis in blackflies after two decades of uninterrupted annual ivermectin mass campaigns using CDTI. MaterialBlackflies were collected at Kimwenza site in the district of Mont Ngafula 1 along Lukay...